Suzuki Factory rider Jeremy Seewer scored yet another victory last weekend in the Grand Prix of Lombardia. The rider from Switzerland went 1-2 for the win, and also closed the gap a little on series leader Pauls Jonass, of the Red Bull KTM Factory team.

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With his third Grand Prix win of the season the confidence continues to build as he tried to close down the points lead of Jonass. With eight rounds remaining, the points difference is 38 points and the GP winner is excited for the coming months.

Our guy in Italy with MXLarge.com, David Bulmer, caught up with Seewer and asked him about his weekend.

Another overall win in the season. How was the weekend for you?

It was tough, really hot all weekend, and the main goal was to fight the heat. It is a tough track also, got very bumpy, and stuff. I felt really good from the first moment on was on the bike. I felt confident. It’s not my favourite track, its sandy, its sketchy, with kickers everywhere. I am more a fan of the natural, old school tracks, but I made it work and I was one of the fastest all weekend I think. Happy with the GP win, just a tough second moto. It was really on the limit with the heat and the track got really rough.

Jeremy chipped away at Pauls Jonass’ points lead, but still has a big mountain to climb.

You mentioned in the press conference about Thailand and the heat—two years ago—was it comparable to that?

Weather wise, it was still a lot less, the heat I mean, but here the track was so much tougher than in Thailand. In Thailand, we had a hard-pack track, good rhythm, not so many bumps, only two classes. In Italy, we had super bumpy, five classes all weekend, that made the track really difficult. You had to work a lot on the bike. After crashing twice in that second moto, when you stop you over-heat so quick and with five laps to go I just tried to survive.

 

That is what makes this championship so tough, two weekends ago in Russia hard pack, in the mud, now in the heat and sand in Italy. Does that make it a big challenge?

It’s a challenge for sure. Like you said, in Russia big rain and something completely else, and then we go to Agueda next weekend, it’s something different all together again. Sometimes you enjoy a track and it all goes well and sometimes it doesn’t and that is a big challenge and it’s nice.

 

In terms of your main battles with Pauls. Coming through the pack, it’s hard coming through the pack, Pauls found it hard, and you have found it hard.

It is hard coming through the pack, and Pauls has always had the starts so far, he never had this type of challenge, and Pauls is not the guy to come back to second or something like that. We knew they had to come, you can’t go perfect all season, but I just focus on myself and try and continue like this.

Jeremy has 16 motos to make up a 38-point deficit.

Your starts seem to have improved and we still have eight rounds left, so you must be feeling confident still?

Yes, a lot. At the start of the season that was our problem, but since Germany, I have always been top five in the starts, consistent every moto and that is really good for the next eight races.

 

You mentioned you don’t like the sand, and we have now a few sand races coming up. Were you nervous about those rounds before your win in Italy?

I am, because, I like riding sand, and I enjoyed the weekend, but I love the old school tracks, and those tracks are the ones I grew up on. I started riding sand when I was like 16 years old or something. That is why I prefer the other stuff, but like we saw this weekend, I can beat everyone in the sand and it makes it better in my head, because we still have two sand races coming up.

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